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May 2, 2003 The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune will mark its 150th anniversary in 2018 by presenting a significant front page from the archives each day throughout the year.
Friday, May 2, 2003
In 2003 President George W....

The Union-Tribune has covered the top stories from San Diego and around the world for a century and a half. Here are some of the notable events of the past 150 years:
1868 President Andrew Johnson impeached (but not convicted). University of California...

In response to the recent Parkland High School shootings, President Trump delivered a passionate and eloquent plea to the nation. He said it is not enough to respond by taking actions that make us feel good. We must take actions that make a difference.
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Fifty Shades Freed R Anastasia and Christian finalize their relationship with marriage and prepare for a luxurious life and possibly a newborn, but evil lurks its head as a visitor from the past emerges to sabotage their bliss.
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Proudly and narrowly, “12 Strong” is a good-news war story, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by first-time feature director Nicolai Fuglsig, of Denmark. He trained as a photojournalist, and covered the war in Kosovo; in the last decade Fuglsig’s...

Afghanistan — a remote, ruggedly mountainous, landlocked west Asian nation with 32 million residents but limited urgent geopolitical strategic value — has repeatedly bedeviled world superpowers.
Three attempted military takeovers by the British...

The U.S. general who oversees the Middle East testified that bad decisions did not lead to the death of 36-year-old Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens in the Jan. 29 Yemen night raid that some have called unsuccessful.
Six other Americans were injured and...

There isn’t a morning that Steve Self awakens without thinking of his missing stepbrother.
While having breakfast, the San Diegan wonders what his stepbrother, halfway around the world, is eating — if anything. “Is he getting tortured?” “Is he still...

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Thursday he needs a "few thousand" more troops to better accomplish an integral part of the mission, and he complained that Russian meddling is complicating the counterterrorism fight.
Gen. John Nicholson...

A decorated Navy SEAL from the Virginia-based elite unit known as SEAL Team 6 was killed during an unusual nighttime raid that put U.S. troops on the ground against al Qaeda leaders in the middle of war-torn Yemen.
The fallen sailor is Chief Special...

For Fat Leonard, conning the U.S. Navy was a big piece of cake.
The Navy allowed the worst corruption scandal in its history to fester for several years by dismissing a flood of evidence that the rotund Asian defense contractor was cheating the service...

The San Diego Union-Tribune met with District 49 Congressional candidate Doug Applegate recently. Here is an edited transcript of the interview
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The deal crafted by the U.S. and Russia to halt the Syrian civil war and focus efforts on rooting out extremists in the country is rife with legal and liability questions that are fueling Pentagon skepticism about military cooperation...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Syria cease-fire is rich in detail on the mechanics of ending violence in Aleppo. It says little about how the United States and Russia will establish a new military partnership that is seen as key to the long-term sustainability...

BEIRUT (AP) — A cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia brought calm across much of Syria on Tuesday as residents of the northern city of Aleppo awaited an expected aid shipment.
Insurgent groups have expressed misgivings about the cease-fire, which...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria, where a cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia has come into effect (all times local):
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3:15 a.m.
The U.N. envoy for Syria says if the cessation of hostilities holds there may be a meeting of...

BEIRUT (AP) — With much of Syria calm for the past 24 hours, a powerful al-Qaida-linked group sharply criticized the U.S.-Russian-brokered cease-fire, saying Tuesday its real aim was to keep President Bashar Assad in power.
The extremist group was in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Confusion reigned Monday over Syria's new cease-fire as Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States and Russia could permit President Bashar Assad's government to launch new airstrikes against al-Qaida-linked militants. The...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he wants U.S. forces out of his country's south and blamed America for inflaming Muslim insurgencies in the region, in his first public statement opposing the presence of American...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the civil war in Syria, where a cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia began at sundown (all times local):
10:45 p.m.
More than a dozen Syrian rebel groups have harshly criticized a U.S. and Russian agreement...